A campaign against rail ticket office closures is being stepped up with dozens of protests across the country. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said events will be held on Thursday, as well as a rally outside London's Kings Cross station.
A consultation on the controversial plan to close most ticket offices is currently being held. The RMT is taking strike action on July 20, 22 and 29 over the closures, as well as pay and conditions.
General secretary Mick Lynch said: "Our union is taking our campaign to save ticket offices out into every town, city and village in this country. The recent announcements of ticket office closures is a fig-leaf for the wholescale de-staffing of stations, including safety critical train dispatch, safety critical train despatch staff, passenger assistance and other non-ticket office customer service workers.
